Sessions: "Itâs time for Republicans to tell these special interests to get lost..."

U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, welcomed news that the House will not consider the Senate's immigration reform bill this year as an "important and positive development for our nation, our people and the Republican party."

On Wednesday afternoon, House Speaker John Boehner told reporters that the immigration reforms passed by the Senate would not come to a vote in the House. "I'll make clear we have no intention ever of going to
conference on the Senate bill," said Boehner.

Sessions later issued a statement applauding the announcement.

"The White House and Senate Democrats shamelessly coordinated
with a small cadre of CEOs to pressure House Republicans to yield," said Sessions. "It’s time
for Republicans to tell these special interests to get lost and to be the one
party that will defend the interests of the millions of Americans looking for
better jobs and better wages.”

Sessions emerged as a leading national critic of the so-called Gang of Eight bill earlier this year, speaking in opposition on numerous occasions in the Senate.

In June, Sessions said that amnesty would spawn "lawlessness," that the country needs improved border patrol and should increase the number of deportations. "It can not be if someone gets
past the border that no one will ever come get them," said Sessions.

In committee, Sessions filed 49 amendments to the Gang of Eight bill. The Senate passed the sweeping immigration reform package
68-32 on June 27. Sessions and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, voted
against it.

Sessions continued to campaign against the bill. In July, Sessions addressed a Washington rally of opponents of the Gang of Eight immigration reform, saying: “With all due
respect to Karl Rove, Mark Zuckerberg and the Chamber of Commerce, there isn’t
a shortage of workers in America. There is a shortage of jobs.

In his statement yesterday, Sessions said: "Arguably the single most destructive feature of the Senate’s immigration bill was the massive permanent surge in low-skill immigration that would reduce wages and increase unemployment."